Ten elderly Catholic nuns applied for a state pension in the Indian State of Kerala leading to accusations that the church is not supporting them adequately. The nuns all applied for a monthly pension of 1,100 rupees (US$16) available to elderly unmarried women in...
A group of Catholic bishops in India has met with a state official about a series of incidents involving the harassment of Christian services by right wing activists accusing churches of trying to forcibly convert Hindus. The Church in India says it takes strong...
The failure of families to sustain values formation among young people is one of the factors that has led to a decline of church attendance in the predominantly Catholic Philippines. “[Young people] don’t feel that it is important to attend Mass on Sundays,” noted...
Russia’s Supreme Court formally banned Jehovah’s Witnesses as an extremist organization and ordered the state to seize its property in Russia, according to Russian news media. The court, after six days of hearings, ordered the closing of the group’s Russia...
They trace their origins back to the age of the Apostles, yet still the Copts are treated as second-class citizens in their own county. When Islamic State extremists attacked Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Alexandria on Palm Sunday, they struck at the...
